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THE RAVEN (Batman homage) RAVEN Duncan Summers was born into wealth and privilege his parents were among the wealthiest families of Freedom city. He wanted for nothing and he felt his life was perfect. This all changed on his 18th birthday when the crazed super villain Black Harlequin brutally murdered his parents in front of him for no better reason than he was bored. This plunged Summers into a obsession for revenge which if truth be told he has never quite recovered from. He decided he would bring the Harlequin to justice himself and went on a ten year mission to train his body and mind to make himself capable. During this time he came under the wing of the two crime fighters he now considers his mentors the Liberty League members Midnight and the Pugilist. When he felt he was ready Summers created the costumed identity of the Raven and did indeed bring the Black Harlequin to justice although since that first encounter the Harlequin has proved to be his ultimate nemesis among his now extensive rogues gallery. Summers soon attracted other young crime fighters such as Nighthawk, Kestrel, Condor, Hummingbird and others and started a tradition of helping young heroes in their early careers which has continued in his extensive backing of the Claremont academy and the Next-Gen. The Raven was a founding member of the Freedom League and has become one of the most feared and respected heroes over the last 20 years. First Appearance - Crime Comics #27 Joined the Freedom League - Freedom League #1

THE GREY HUNTER (Martian Manhunter homage) GREY HUNTER Rick Faxxx Was born a Grue psychic back on their home world and was one of the first Grue trained to come to earth as part of their advance scouting and invasion force. He left behind a wife and child on Greyworld. He was assured that if he completed his long term mission on earth and investigated the origin of the dreaded psychic static that came from earth that plagued the Grue so greatly he would be rewarded and his family made famous. Once he reached earth however and infiltrated its people he soon saw humanity for what it truly was and was unable to betray them to his people. He turned against the Grue and tried to warn earth’s military accidently causing the Roswell incident and forever earning his people’s enmity. He soon learned that due to his treachery his family had been banished and sold into slavery. This filled him with a burning hatred and he vowed to protect the people of earth from the Grue and other alien threats. He became a founding member of both the Freedom League and the sometimes active Galaxy Legion. He has often tried to search vainly for his family and he has become a grim hunter of his fellow Greys giving rise to his current code name of Grey Hunter which has replaced his original codename of Pseudo. First Appearance - Crime Comics #225 Joined the Freedom League - Freedom League #1 Joined the Galaxy Legion - Galaxy Legion #1

LADY LIBERTY (Wonder Woman homage) LADY LIBERTY Donna Mason was a simple American girl with a simple life until she met and fell in love with Roger Stevenson the Patriot. One day during the dark days of world war two her love lay dying from a Nazi bomb plot and Donna called out for help for justice! Her call was answered and in that special moment the spirit of liberty entered her body and soul allowing her to save Stevenson and for the first time Lady Liberty was born. She quickly joined the swelling ranks of the Liberty League and became a staunch member often fighting with her partner the Patriot to become a legendary duo. At the end of World War two Lady Liberty was one of the first of the wartime heroes to be lost to the time stream. Stevenson was broken hearted and searched for her to the ends of the earth and beyond to no avail , slowly all the members of the Liberty League disappeared including the Patriot himself. Then in the modern era Donna Mason unexpectedly, unexplainably returned. She found that her team mates had also returned all unharmed and untouched by age. Including her love the Patriot. Their reunion was joyous and they soon married vowing never to be apart again. In her absence the Patriot had become the heart of the Sentinels and now Lady Liberty vowed to do the same for the new Freedom League. Together their influence over and respect in the superhero community is immense and they are truly happy at last. First Appearance - All Action Comics #8 Joined The Liberty League - Liberty League #2 Joined the Freedom League - Freedom League #1

CENTURION (Superman homage) CENTURION Kyle Clarkson is the last survivor of an alternate reality in where the Roman empire never died but flourished and grew. This was until Omega came and swallowed up his world into the Terminus. Kyle’s father was the preminent scientist of his day and was working on a prototype machine to send himself and his family into another dimension to avoid the Terminus. There was only time however to send Kyle alone in the unknown before their fate was upon them. Kyle entered this universe at this time and was found by a farming couple called the Clarkson’s who being childless took in the infant and named him Kyle after the strange writing they found on the capsule “Ky-Le” Soon as he grew his parents realized he was no normal boy and as his powers manifested they realized they must tell him his true origin and show him the strange books which came with the capsule. Amazingly Kyle was able to comprehend the strange language and his true heritage became known to him. That night an experiment from Alexander Stone’s worldwide company Panstar went on the rampage endangering Freedom City, Kyle did not hesitate and went off to stop the menace and save the city. Speaking to the press afterwards young Kyle badly criticized both Panstar and its owner, forever earning his enmity. Forging his Centurion identity the young hero soon settled into Freedom City getting a job as a reporter at the Daily Herald and soon falling in love and marrying Laurie Lamont. Centurion was soon a founding member of the Freedom League and was possibly the worlds most famous hero until the Terminus invasion and his reported death. For a whole year he was mourned until it was discovered by the Atom Family that Centurion had in fact been held prisoner by Omega within the Terminus. Freed by the family of explorers and Omega defeated Centurion returned to a jubilant Freedom City and his wife there joy was soon made even greater by a birth of a son although the infants accelerated aging is worrying his parents greatly First Appearance - Star Comics #1 Joined the Freedom League - Freedom League #1

MASTERMIND (Magneto Homage) MASTERMIND Eroa-Mastor was the chief of his people, a simple cave people back in the mists of time. That was until the Preservers came. They took Eroa-Mastor and remade him from the smallest atom up. Made him new, made him different, made him better! That day the first Mutant was born. The first mutant that started a bloodline of all mutants throughout history. Mastor was made perfect in every way but also given the strange and immensely powerful ability over a substance the preservers introduced to the world – Metal. Thousands of years later the Preservers returned and did not like the control and Mastor had created over his subjects they took him back with them in their strange craft and experimented on him again. Only on their most recent return did he escape and start to plot to control the world once more through his people the “mutants” he quickly formed the Scions of Caine and gathered evil mutants to his cause. Mostly these are of his own bloodline or are known to him. He has been opposed and defeated at every turn by the group of heroic mutant defenders the Protectors who seek to gain acceptance for mutants and see the Mastermind (as he now calls himself) as the great threat to that goal First Appearance - Protectors of the Strange #1

AVAR-7 (The Vision Homage) AVAR-7 The android super hero who was to become such a stalwart member of the Sentinels was originally created to destroy them by the mad robot Mechanon one of their greatest enemies. However, Mechanon made his android only to humanlike and did not realize his creation would not be able to kill the Sentinels and in fact turned on him and joined his hated enemies to defeat him! Since then Avar-7 has never left the Sentinels, finding a home and friends in their ranks and eventually finding love with the mutant Witchcraft which has blossomed into marriage. Despite numerous attempts to destroy him by Mechanon and the conflict with Witchcraft’s over protective brother Slipstream and the public’s continued non acceptance of him, Avar-7 has become contented in his existence and no longer questions his right to “exist”. First Appearance - The Sentinels #57 Joined the Sentinels - The Sentinels #59

Witchcraft (Scarlet Witch homage) WITCHCRAFT Slipstream and Witchcraft were born powerful mutants to maybe the most powerful mutants of all Mastermind. From an early age he force fed them his mutant superiority beliefs and trained them to be pivotal agents in his Scions of Caine. After many clashes with the Protectors. Slipstream and his sister saw Mastermind for the evil man he was and escaped and joined the Sentinels where they both served many years until her marriage to the android Avar-7 forced a deep wedge between them and Slipstream left and slowly drifted back to his father. Witchcraft meanwhile has become a real core part of the Sentinels and along with her husband was served with the team many years now becoming one of the most popular and famous mutants on the planet. Her marriage has had its share of ups and downs often caused by her father, but it has remained strong and she herself has become more and more in control of her powers over her years of experience. First Appearance - Protectors of the Strange #4 Joined the Sentinels - Sentinels #16

SLIPSTREAM (Quicksilver Homage) SLIPSTREAM Slipstream and Witchcraft were born powerful mutants to maybe the most powerful mutants of all Mastermind. From an early age he force fed them his mutant superiority beliefs and trained them to be pivotal agents in his Scions of Caine. After many clashes with the Protectors. Slipstream and his sister saw Mastermind for the evil man he was and escaped and joined the Sentinels where they both served many years until his sisters marriage to the android Avar-7 forced a deep wedge between them and Slipstream left and slowly drifted back to his father. The mutant speedster soon saw the error of his ways however when battling his old foes the Protectors and when his Mastermind betrayed him and nearly fatally injured him the mutant freedom fighters saved him and nursed him back to health. He stayed with the team and has since become a stalwart member. First Appearance - Protectors of the Strange #4 Joined the Sentinels #16 Joined the Protectors - Protectors of the Strange #330

THE PATRIOT (Captain America homage) PATRIOT Roger Stevenson was the first soldier to be given the new Infinity Serum in the early days of World War Two. The serum transformed him into the perfect man and he was given combat training until he was a master, armed with an unbreakable shield forged by the governments top scientists, Stevenson now called the Patriot went on to become a wartime legend as leader of the Liberty League. When many of the League were tragically lost in time in the early 1950’s Patriot was one of the first to return to our time stream. Found by the new super hero group the Sentinels, Patriot became a core member then its leader and soon its heart and soul. Once again becoming a legend in the modern era, Patriot has been obsessed with rescuing his team mates from the Liberty League he recently helped to achieve this helping to form and lead the modern version of the team splitting his time between them and the Sentinels. First Appearance - The Patriot #1 Joined the Liberty League - Liberty League #1 Joined the Sentinels - Sentinels #4

METEOR MAN 3 (Green Lantern Kyle Rayner homage) METEOR MAN III Robert Kyle was an unassuming artist when he was chosen by the Circle and its leader Eldritch as the Meteor Ring’s newest Guardian. With the second Meteor Man’s fall from grace and redemption as the spirit of vengeance Lantern Jack the Circle searched for thirteen months and thirteen days until they found their new guardian. Robert although overwhelmed at first by his new power and responsibility has since become one of the most famous heroes on the planet a core member of the new Freedom League and has struck up a great friendship and partnership with fellow leaguer Johnny Rocket. Robert’s control over the Meteor Ring is still being tested, but if he is inexperienced in his favor is his great bravery and imagination. First Appearance - Meteor Man #350 Joined the Freedom League - Freedom League #400

THE MINUTEMEN (The Sentinels homage) THE MINUTEMEN The mutant hating robots known as the Minutemen were originally created by Alexander Stone millionaire businessman and owner of Panstar Inc maybe the worlds biggest high tech company. Stone had become the arch nemesis of Centurion and he speculated that the hero was a mutant so put into action the long term project to create advanced robots capable of capturing and killing Centurion. Stone was foiled when it was revealed that Centurion was in fact an Alien from another dimension and not a mutant at all. Disgusted Stone put an end to the program and deactivated the Minutemen. Much later the evil robot Mechanon was able to discover the Minuteman and attempted to put them to use against the Sentinels Witchcraft and Fleetfoot, but the Minuteman programming was too strong and they went on a world wide rampage against all mutants that carries on till this day making them one of the Protectors fiercest enemies. Only 21 Minutemen were ever produced and the plans and expertise to produce more has been permanently lost. It has been speculated that there may be an advanced form of Minuteman leading the group but this has never been confirmed. First Appearance - Star Comics # 253

HUMMINGBIRD (Black Canary homage) HUMMINGBIRD Lauren Dinah was born a mutant with the ability to utter a piercing sonic cry which could shatter objects and render human beings unconscious. Luckily for Lauren her parents were close friends of world heavyweight champion and long time Liberty League super hero the Pugilist. He took her under his wing and started to train her in combat and how to use her sonic cry. Lauren proved to be an apt pupil and she soon rivaled her mentor in skill and ability and soon joined the Liberty League as its newest member Hummingbird. Soon after she met Robin Hood for the first time and the two soon fell in love and Lauren soon joined the Freedom League to be close to her love. Her happiness could not last however as Lauren was one of the first mutants to be kidnapped and experimented on by the mutant hating robots the Minutemen. Hummingbird lost her sonic powers during these experiments and only after being rescued by the Protectors and having a long term convalescence and training period with the mutant freedom fighters was she able to regain her powers. Becoming estranged from Robin Hood in her absence Lauren has recently decided to return to the modern version of the Liberty League as a permanent member. First Appearance - Freedom League #14 Joined the Freedom League #15 Joined the Protectors - Protectors of the Strange #103 Joined the Liberty League - Liberty League Returns! #3

THE SCARLET ARCHER (Hawkeye/Arsenal homage) SCARLET ARCHER Oliver Barton grew up worshiping his uncle the great hero Robin Hood and wanted nothing more than to emulate him. From a young age he trained himself night and day to become a great archer like his uncle and when he was sixteen secretly donned a costume and attempted to help Robin Hood as his new sidekick Archer Gold. However, Robin Hood was appalled and refused to let him operate alongside him due to the extreme danger. Once Robin Hood saw that his young nephew would not listen to reason he enrolled him in the Academy and he become a long term student and member of the Next Gen. However after graduation Oliver’s life became aimless and goalless and he got himself heavily involved with and eventually addicted to drugs. Eventually blackmailed into becoming a super villain for hire he changed his code name to Scarlet Archer and for a while even became one of Robin Hoods most deadly foes. Eventually saved and put into rehab by the World War 2 legend Uncle Sam, Scarlet Archer turned his life around and became a long term stalwart member of the Sentinels and is once again a hero to the public. His relationship with his uncle is now much improved but still sometimes strained and Scarlet Archer sometimes struggles and rebels against the dominance of his two mentors Robin Hood Gold and Uncle Sam First Appearance - Stories of Mystery #57 Joined the Next Gen - Next-Gen #1 Joined the Sentinels - Sentinels #16

Robin Hood (Green Arrow Homage) ROBIN HOOD – The most famous and possibly skilled archer in the world. Clint McQueen was a millionaire playboy and with little focus in life when he was forced to re-evaluate his priorities when his sister and her husband were killed by the mob leaving there 13 year old son Oliver an orphan. Already naturally skilled at archery at an early age McQueen threw himself into training to revenge his sister and after a years training first donned his costume and became Robin Hood. Using a wide range of trick arrows and his amazing skill Robin Hood became quickly one of the most popular superheroes of Freedom City. Within two years he was asked to join the Freedom League and has been a member on and off ever since. Soon young Oliver Barton was trying to emulate his uncle and nearly got himself killed. Realizing he had to train his nephew for his own good, Barton become Archer Gold and was Robin Hood's sidekick until getting himself mixed up with Drugs and crime. Splitting from his uncle he became the Scarlet Archer a super-villain for hire. Until McQueen eventually got him back on the straight and narrow and got him accepted as a member of the Sentinels. Archer Gold has an ongoing tempestuous relationship with the heroine Hummingbird and they have almost married on 2 occasions. He also has a long running partnership of sorts with the hero Star Knight although Star Knight's recent mental problems have seemingly strained this relationship. First Appearance - Robin Hood #1 Joined the Freedom League - Freedom League #8

I am starting a new campaign and had a real quandary what to do. I wanted to use the established DC/Marvel universes as a combination, but I didn't want all the headaches that go along with it like continuity and arguments over characters stats, actions etc. So I decided i would use the characters but just change the names and mix the two universes as much as possible. For the new names i thought it would be cool to use names used by superhero rpg projects already but use the original marvel/dc character for the stats. I Have posted lots of this info on the M&M boards, but am currently back to using Hero for all my campaigns so thought I would post it here as well. More for my own purposes, I'm just going to recap characters I've done so far and what teams they belong to. The Freedom League Robin Hood Meteor Man 3 Centurion Lady Liberty The Grey Hunter The Raven The Sea King Zigzag Johnny Rocket 2 Former Members Hummingbird Captain Thunder White Hat Dust Devil Freedom Eagle Talona Doctor Metropolis Johnny Rocket 1 Tom Thumb The Sentinels The Scarlet Archer The Patriot Witchcraft Avar-7 The White Lion Ragnarok Daedalus Former Members Fleetfoot Caliburn Lady of the Lantern Anthem The Next Gen Nighthawk Dust Devil Johnny Rocket 2 Former Members The Scarlet Archer Raze The Liberty League Hummingbird The Patriot The Pugilist Captain Thunder Officer Prometheus Pan and Belle Dr Twilight Freedom Eagle Talona Tom Thumb The Beacon Jack B Quick Night Owl Former Members Lady Liberty Sea Devil The All-American Skybreaker Mandrake the Magician Daedalus The Protectors Slipstream Ironclad Adonis Jack Frost Iron Duke 1 Midnight Angel Professor Psion Former Members Sapphire Jason Wylder Johnny Rocket 2 Hummingbird The Academy Icicle Photon The Scions of Caine Mastermind Former Members Fleetfoot Witchcraft Adonis Icicle Charade Ogre The Galaxy Legion The Grey Hunter Centurion Meteor Man 3 Lady Starbright Ragnarok Daedalus The Outsiders Sea-Devil Grond Red Phoenix Lady Starbright Eldrich Former Members The Green Man Powerhouse The Atom Family Amazing Man The Monster Blaze Facade Law and Order Inc Green Dragon Powerhouse The Circle Witchcraft Talisman Dr Twilight Mandrake The Magician White Hat Eldrich The Master Doctor Metropolis The Beacon Executive Sanction Anthem The Drifter The Guard Defender Talisman Mother Raven The Supreme Soviets Former Members Ironclad The New Knights Caliburn Galaxars The Devastator The Time Corps Jason Wylder The Ghouls Squad-X Former Members Skybreaker Granite The Redeemed Skybreaker Raze Former Members Granite The Secret Seven Pulsar Granite Anarchy Teleios The Frightful Five Doctor Macabre Dwarfstar Menton Charade Ogre Factor Four Professor Fathom Granite Binder Gladiator The Crime League Doctor Macabre Alexander Stone Black Harlequin The Sinister Circle The Crimson Claw Brother Basilisk Red Doom General Winter The Fourth Reich Independent Heroes Zan-Dar and Aslan The Green Man Sapphire Lightning & Bolt Lady of the Lantern The Hornet Independent Villains Doctor Simian Doctor Destroyer Black Talon Black Harlequin Conundrum Alley Cat Alexander Stone Mechanon Pulsar Teleios The Baron The Dragonfly Alice Queen of Hearts Bloody Mary General Winter Annihilator Brother Basilisk Void Rogues Galleries The Freedom League Doctor Simian, Alexander Stone, Black Harlequin, Mechanon, The Crime League The Sentinels Doctor Simian, Mechanon, Iron Duke II, The Sinister Circle, Brother Basilisk The Atom Family Doctor Destroyer, The Devestator, Factor Four, Black Talon The Protectors Mastermind, The Scions of Caine, Teleios, Anarchy The Liberty League Red Doom The Next-Gen The Frightful Five Executive Sanction Red Doom, the Supreme Soviets The Galaxy Legion The Supreme Soviets Red Doom, Executive Sanction The Circle Bloody Mary, The Baron The Devestator Johnny Rocket Doctor Simian Centurion Alexander Stone The Raven Black Harlequin, Conundrum, Alley Cat, The Annihilator The Hornet The Secret Seven, Alley Cat, Pulsar, Dragonfly, Granite, Alice Queen of Hearts, Void The White Lion Doctor Simian, Black Talon Dr. Silverback Doctor Simian Zandar Black Talon Micromax Mechanon Eldrich The Baron Meteor Man Doctor Macabre Grond Ogre Foreshadow Alice Queen of Hearts, Bloody Mary Jaguar Alice Queen of Hearts Pan & Belle Bloody Mary Daedelus General Winter, The Crimson Claw, Brother Basilisk Lady Liberty General Winter The Patriot The Crimson Claw, The Annihilator The Silencer The Hornet, The Annihilator Ragnarok Brother Basilisk Heracles Brother Basilisk rgds Torch

The Superman Homage Ok lets start of big, the Superman homage of this universe. The concepts you come up with should include the following. 1. One of the most powerful if not THE most powerful hero of this universe, whatever stat level we set him at hes the benchmark for everyone else. 2. His basic powerset should be the same, Strength, Toughness, A blast, Flight, Some super senses. 3. The rest of his power set is much more optional such as super speed. 4. He should be an alien or outsider on Earth. 5. He should have his own rogues gallery (dont get specific with them though as they will be fleshed out). 6. He should lead the greatest super hero team. Maybe not on earth but maybe more cosmic in scale? 7. He should have some VERY definate weakness or more than one. 8. A good cast of supporting characters that you can flesh out eg Lois, Ma and Pa, Jimmy etc. rgds torch

Ok guys, Lets start a fun ongoing project, here's the concept a combined DC/Marvel/Plus any other Genre influences universe with the serial numbers filed off!. Lets come up with a workable combined universe with all our favourite characters, teams, places and concepts intact but with each thing given just so slight a twist, but with them easily recognised as the homage to the character they are. Lets try and build a logical combined universe with as many links between the two as possible in the characters histories and back stories. where the two universe's merge strip out any unneeded elements and amke it logical but most of all playable as a superhero universe and fun!. I will post questions about characters and concepts and its up to the board members to come up with cool concepts for the combined uni then we will move on once we have picked our favourites and written up the character.

Men in Black Name given to the goverment agents who always seem to turn up at the sites of strange cases and often interview witnesses. This could apply to both black book agents, other goverment agencies such as the CIA or NSA or even our own Aegis agents. However there is a stream of sightings of very large physically imposing and strong agents who seem to be very threatening even often violent in their behaviour, they also seem to speak very rarely. These do not match the profiles of our own agents so much be investigated further.

Mecha Thought to be closely associated with the Atlanteans, this life form seems to be based entirely on some kind of machine or computer based sentient life. Known to be extremely powerful and dangerous to confront Mecha are rarely seen or encountered by Aegis. Thought originally to be a creation or controlled by the Atlanteans this has in recent years been put into question as rare cases have seen what looked like Atlanteans and Mecha in open conflict. Most often encountered as very average, nondescript humans often with grey hair or eyes, Mecha are often cold and seemingly unemotional.

MacPherson Clan Strange large Virginian backwoods family of murdering cannibals who have passed into urban legend over the last few years. Thought to be responsible for as many as a hundred deaths over the last twenty years the MacPherson Clan has become an almost mythic boogie tale in urban legend. It has only recently came to light that many members of the clan such as Ma, Bull and Crazy Joe are in fact powerful Incarnates. The clan has not been captured by either Aegis or the authorities and have in fact now become a mobile swathe of death and destruction through America's midwest.

Impants Coral Strange devices, thought to be psychic in nature that are found on many abduction victims. The implants seem to be made from living coral, although they are often cased in very strong metallic alloys. Thoguht to be used for reasons unknown by the Greys and the Black book. Implants are often found on places in teh body it would be dangerous to extract them from such as within bones, inside the brain or nasal cavity, around the heart etc. Thoguht to be psychic devices of different kinds that can be used by psychics to track the abducted for reasons unknown.

Hawks The Cell's main Aegis contact. Hawks has been with the cell from their very first mission. He has proved himself a reliable and valued ally but has been highly ruthless in his protection of Aegis intrests. An imposing impressive man, Hawks may be a member of Aegis prime.

Griffith Aegis member in control of both Florida and the Caribbean area. A small nondescript man able to melt into the background. He was of great help to the cell in the case of the missing teenagers.

Greys Small humanoid alien species, who are the common image of "aliens" to most normal people. Standing about three to four feet tall with large oversized heads and big black eyes, their skin color is adeep shuny grey hence their name. The Grey speciesare known to be immensley powerful psychics who dwarf human psychics in both skill and power. Grey encounters are commony associated with time loss and they have been observed making dolphin like hoots and whistles when distressed. Greys do not sem to be able to contemplate physical violence and they are very timied until they use their psychic powers when they instead become ruthless. They have an ongoing association or alliance with the Black book of unknown origin and meaning. Within the USA grey like aliens are the most commonly seen sighting.

Foo Fighters Strange fast moving balls of light first seen by pilots in world war 2. See UFO Type balls of light for more information.